Save Bears Found in Drug Bust! - The Petition Site
VANCOUVER — An online petition has been created to help 10 tame black bears whose future is uncertain after being found at a marijuana grow-op in Christina Lake, B.C.
The bears were discovered on July 30, when Mounties raided the remote property near the summer tourist town in the southern B.C. Interior.
Officers were at first fearful when they spotted the bears but soon realized the bruins were being fed by the property owners and officers were not an immediate risk.
Police allege they subsequently found at least 1,000 marijuana plants on the property.
A man and woman living on the property have been charged with various drug offences and are presently free on bail. The pair have been instructed to no longer feed the bears.
The provincial environment ministry has said if the animals can’t learn to find food in the wild, they’ll have to be exterminated.
That led to the Save Bears Found in Drug Bust online petition that has almost 1,500 signatures from people all around the world. The petition asks that the bears be sent to a sanctuary and not be put down.
A Facebook petition has also been created, named Help Save the B.C. Black Bears, which directs viewers to the petition.
B.C. conservation authorities could not be reached for comment.
Christina Lake is 300 kilometres east of Vancouver and just north of the border with Washington State.
The bears were discovered on July 30, when Mounties raided the remote property near the summer tourist town in the southern B.C. Interior.
Officers were at first fearful when they spotted the bears but soon realized the bruins were being fed by the property owners and officers were not an immediate risk.
Police allege they subsequently found at least 1,000 marijuana plants on the property.
A man and woman living on the property have been charged with various drug offences and are presently free on bail. The pair have been instructed to no longer feed the bears.
The provincial environment ministry has said if the animals can’t learn to find food in the wild, they’ll have to be exterminated.
That led to the Save Bears Found in Drug Bust online petition that has almost 1,500 signatures from people all around the world. The petition asks that the bears be sent to a sanctuary and not be put down.
A Facebook petition has also been created, named Help Save the B.C. Black Bears, which directs viewers to the petition.
B.C. conservation authorities could not be reached for comment.
Christina Lake is 300 kilometres east of Vancouver and just north of the border with Washington State.
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